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It's been quite an enjoyable journey so far.
Formula - Licence D. Mainly on the 1600. Started the F4 and had a few decent races and then realised it's absolute carnage. I've been advised by a friend to jump it for F3. Currently sat on SR of 3+.
Sports car - Licence D. I'm now going to jump back on this and aim to get it to SR 3+. In formula because of the limited car choices - that pathway is clearer. 1600 -> F4 -> F3 .
I'm not so sure on a step-wise pathway through this division. Any advice with cars and leagues? There's quite a choice. What would you advise to be the natural step up from a M2? Any tracks or specific events to avoid?
I've been mainly focusing on improving my race craft. Watching replays to see what went wrong esp when receiving incident points.
Formula - Licence D. Mainly on the 1600. Started the F4 and had a few decent races and then realised it's absolute carnage. I've been advised by a friend to jump it for F3. Currently sat on SR of 3+.
Sports car - Licence D. I'm now going to jump back on this and aim to get it to SR 3+. In formula because of the limited car choices - that pathway is clearer. 1600 -> F4 -> F3 .
I'm not so sure on a step-wise pathway through this division. Any advice with cars and leagues? There's quite a choice. What would you advise to be the natural step up from a M2? Any tracks or specific events to avoid?
I've been mainly focusing on improving my race craft. Watching replays to see what went wrong esp when receiving incident points.
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There is so many different approaches, it ultimately comes down I think to what you enjoy. It is possible to turn iRacing into a bit of a chore.
I personally feel the best approach is to focus on one sports car (MX5/GT4) and one open wheel car (FF1600/F4) with a main series for each. You can then do the odd event in another series/special event that uses one of those.
Budget is a major factor too.
F4 is carnage for sure, but it can help with Racecraft/Learning how to Survive.
There is so many different approaches, it ultimately comes down I think to what you enjoy. It is possible to turn iRacing into a bit of a chore.
I personally feel the best approach is to focus on one sports car (MX5/GT4) and one open wheel car (FF1600/F4) with a main series for each. You can then do the odd event in another series/special event that uses one of those.
Budget is a major factor too.
F4 is carnage for sure, but it can help with Racecraft/Learning how to Survive.
Hello.
I've been at sim racing/ iracing for a number of months now. Very much a beginner driver in the mx5. I'm still battling in AI races as I'm learning trail braking etc. It quite a lonely game, I presume until I get into racing with real people. Are there any groups that make things a bit more social?
I've been at sim racing/ iracing for a number of months now. Very much a beginner driver in the mx5. I'm still battling in AI races as I'm learning trail braking etc. It quite a lonely game, I presume until I get into racing with real people. Are there any groups that make things a bit more social?
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If you've got an iRacing subscription I'd say just jump in an online session and drive with people.
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Try a few discord groups they are generally quite friendly places to interact in
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Check out the MX5 Deep Dive discord, good community, lots of information, setups, guides and discussion specifically on the MX5. Probably the best place to learn how to drive it properly.
Join the MX5 Deep Dive Discord Server!
Check out the MX5 Deep Dive community on Discord – hang out with 937 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
You'll probably need to paste that link into discord via 'add new server' as clicking on it in a browser doesn't seem to work for me.
Here is a good gudie on the MX5 as well
Drivers Guide to the Global Mazda MX-5.pdf
drive.google.com
Momentum is king, the number one reason for people being slow in Mx5 is braking too heavily and scrubbing off all momentum.
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Thanks for the suggestions, taken onboard. Did my first iracing race recently and enjoyed it; quite different to racing AI. I'm understanding what you mean about momentum. Its struggle to not slow too much through initial braking and then trail braking, without dribbling around a corner.